PPG Industries has received a favorable ruling from Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission on its previously announced agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. PPG announced June 30, that it had reached a definitive agreemen…

PPG Industries vice president of Investor Relations Vince Morales will present at the Baird Industrial Conference 2014 in Chicago on Monday, Nov. 10, at 3:30 p.m. CT.
Morales will discuss PPG’s strategic initiatives and business and financial…

The PPG PITTSBURGH PAINTS brand named Blue Paisley, a lavish, almost-but-not-quite royal shade of blue, as its 2015 Color of the Year. Experts from PPG Industries, makers of PPG Pittsburgh Paints products, anticipate Blue Paisley will play a pr…

Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, announced a price increase for its industrial calcium carbonate products. The price increase does not apply to Huber’s food and USP calcium carbonate grades.
The increase…

Two buildings in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada, constructed 34 years and less than a mile apart have two things in common: a legacy of environmental leadership, and shimmering facades fabricated with SOLARBAN® architectural glasses by PPG Ind…

For more than 130 years, Moran Towing Corporation’s fleet of tugboats had been recognized for the signature white “M” painted on their stacks. This October, company president Ted Tregurtha and a donation of PITT-TECH Plus marine pai…

The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today the 2014 recipients of its school district scholarship program. The six selected school districts across the nation will receive year-round support from the Cente…

Two ship owners are due to be awarded a combined total of almost $500,000 when the first claims resulting from a new carbon credits methodology developed by AkzoNobel and The Gold Standard Foundation are finalized next year. The scheme allows ships t…

The Sherwin-Williams Company announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014. Compared to the same periods in 2013, consolidated net sales increased USD303.2 million, or 10.6%, to USD3.15 billion in the…

The School of Polymers and High-Performance Materials at The University of Southern Mississippi has announced that online registration for its 2015 Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium held February 8-13, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisia…

BASF and Hemmelrath Technologies, a company that is specialized in modular facility concepts for the production of paint and coatings, have decided to cooperate in order to develop future-oriented concepts of pigment technology. The aim pursued by bo…

Axalta Coating Systems, a manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, is preparing for what it calls "a star-studded SEMA 2014 presence." This year’s celebrity line-up includes a motorsports champion, a motorsports crew chief champion…

Clariant has announced third quarter 2014 sales of CHF 1.507 billion compared to CHF 1.443 billion in the third quarter of 2013. This corresponds to sales growth of 8 % in local currencies, driven by 7 % higher volumes and average sales price increas…

Sika has announced that for the first nine months of 2014, the company has achieved: 15.8% sales growth (9.6% in Swiss francs) to CHF 4,174.4 million, growth in all regions, a sales increase of 16.5% in emerging markets, and a net profit increas…

BASF and Toda Kogyo Corp., an industry leader in the development and manufacture of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, have agreed to form a joint venture for cathode active materials (CAM) in Japan.
Under terms of the agreement, B…

BASF's Coatings division has received the Materialica Design + Technology Silver Award 2014 in the "Surface & Technology" category for its XSpark automotive coating. The distinction was awarded during the 17th International Trade Fa…

PPG Industries' protective and marine coatings business will exhibit this week at the Offshore Energy Amsterdam event. PPG has developed marine paints and coatings products, many of which work well within the harsh offshore environment, thro…

PPG Automotive Refinish says it will make its colorful presence felt at the annual SEMA Show, Nov. 4-7 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. PPG Industries will displays an array of brilliantly painted cars, bikes and even a boat in its booth (24501) t…